· · the GoJPel-Ojfer. , go r tbz./atisfied dtfires. So neither the one, nor the o– . ther, can find refl indeed. This is the natural cafe of all men. And to fouls thus labouring a'nd laden, · Jefus ChrHl: calls, that they may ' come to him, and . be will give them refi :' namely' a refl for their con· . 'fciences under the covert ofhis blood ; and a.rejt_ to their hearts, in the enjoyment ofGod, thro' him. T'G . this interpretation we·are 1ed,. by the fiile of the Scrip.. ture, the phntfeology ofthe holy Ghofi, both in the Oid . and N,ew·tdla'ment; the which may be viewed in the following texts compared, . to wit, Ecclef. x. 15. Heb. ii. 13. Ifa. lv. 2. · and i. 3; 4· 2 Tim. iii. 6,']. Finally, As for thewillingnejs, which you are afraici you are defe.Ctive in, furely, in all other cafes, he that fai,th, Whofoever will, let hhn take fuch a thing,.will, according to the commoh fcnfe and underfianding of fuch words amongfi mankind, be reckoned to offet that thing unto all, and to exclude none from it; how– ever it may bear an intimation, that it is not to be forced on any. Why then ihould this manner of fpeech, Rev: xx\i.- I 7. be thought to liJ?.1it the gofpel– offer ' to a certain fet ofmeh ? . Wherefore we conclude, That Chrill: lays no bar . • f in the way of:my ofyou: Do not ye,put bars)n yout ., own way, and then complain ye cannot get over them. For, according"to the holy Scripture, it is infallible ·,· truth, That_ChrijJ is offered toyou, and every one of t. you, in particular : believe it, elfe ye -make God a liar, I John v. 10. , . - lll. The Faith of our Right to ~hr.ift. · . 'Furthermore, you m·ufi believe, That Jefus Chrifl is the Saviour ·of the world, and your Savi~ur in particular by his Father's appointment and his OWJ:il offer; ,and that by tlw -fame appointment and offer, his righteoufi1efs, the condition of the covenant, anJ eternal life, the promife of the covenant, are yours ; yours (l' mean not, in poifeffion, but) in right there- , to ; fo filr as that you rpay lawfully and wurantably . "~ , ..
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